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Category Archives: Civil Rights
Bono – Musician and Activist
The name of Paul Hewson probably doesn’t mean much to most people. The name Bono definitely does of course – the globally famous lead singer of U2, the Irish rock band who have recorded and sold some of the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bono, bono u2, charity work, larry mullen jr, modern day heros, paul hewson, politics, the edge, u2
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Mohamed Bouazizi – The Flower Seller
Early in 2010 the world witnesses some quite astonishing events in North Africa and the Middle East. What has come to be known as the Arab Spring has already forced two leaders from their posts, Tunisian president Ben Ali and Egyptian president … Continue reading
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Tagged arab spring, egypt, faida hamdi, flower seller, modern day hero, mohamed bouazizi, revolution, sidi bouzid, tunisia
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Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Activist – Part Five
As Martin Luther King Jr. travelled around the country, protesting against the lack of civil rights for the black population or the poor conditions in which they were living, he came to the attention of more and more supporters and … Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Activist – Part Four
Following the 1963 March on Washington and and the subsequent events in Selma and Montgomery, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had achieved some of their aims and other issues had finally made it to … Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Activist – Part Three
Following the Birmingham, Alabama protests, the civil rights movement had been gaining momentum and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference began to support protests in new areas. St. Augustine in Florida was the scene of assaults on non-violent protestors in 1964 … Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Activist – Part Two
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for more than a year, building up to a Montgomery District Court case (Browder v Gayle 1956) which finally put an end to segregation on Alabama’s buses. Browder was a Montgomery housewife willing to challenge … Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Activist – Part One
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and in later life would become one of the most iconic figures in the fight for civil rights in the United States, not to mention a Nobel Peace Prize … Continue reading